rickythepenguin:fo_sho!: MLS is never going to compete with the big 4 (at least for an eon) but the World Cup has gone from a non event to a big draw:

i love telling this story in soccer threads....in the infamous Koman Coulibaly game, in the WC fark thread, maybe at most 3-4 minutes after the goal was waived off, someone posted a screencap of the Wiki for Mali. it had already been altered to something like:

"mali is a shiatty country in africa. its GDP was $150M. its chief exports are tin, manganese, vanadium, and shiatty soccer referees. it is well known for its hatred of the US and men's soccer. Mali fails at life and should just farking die already."

Farking idiots disrespecting Wikipedia and Mali. All the mouth-breathing fans are just terrible. Who would wish death on a nation over a game.

fo_sho!:MLS is never going to compete with the big 4 (at least for an eon) but the World Cup has gone from a non event to a big draw:

i love telling this story in soccer threads....in the infamous Koman Coulibaly game, in the WC fark thread, maybe at most 3-4 minutes after the goal was waived off, someone posted a screencap of the Wiki for Mali. it had already been altered to something like:

"mali is a shiatty country in africa. its GDP was $150M. its chief exports are tin, manganese, vanadium, and shiatty soccer referees. it is well known for its hatred of the US and men's soccer. Mali fails at life and should just farking die already."

Lost Thought 00:Soccer fans in general are the worst sports fans in the world.

Let me guess, you're one of those so called "fair weather sport fans" that don't believe in supporting your team and encouraging them to end a losing streak with some well intended murder, kidnapping and/or blackmailing. Your lack of passion sickens me.

nwave:Soccer wasn't a 5 year trend. Its been dominant over all other spectator sports for over 50 years. Your favorite spectator sport has never had, and likely never will have, as many viewers as soccer does today.

Doubtful - millions of people are watching porn on the Internet as we speak.

Farkin brilliant result. I put my chalice under the weepy eyes of el Tri fans to capture their tears. Ambrosia. Their wails are Siren songs. Not giving up a penalty in Azteca was the absinthe chaser. I call it a historical make up call. We were due some justice.Fark Mexico.Fark'em raw.USA USA USA!/not a hint of irony

dk47:rickythepenguin: Kuta: (I disagree that there should have been a PK awarded).

i thought that was academic; dude got scissored from behind and the ball seemed an afterthought. i'd have to see a replay but in-game, i thought that should have been called and on those replays, it seemed like a foul. i'd have to see it now to revisit that but i thought that was a foul. i could understand why the Mexicans were in the refs' faces afterwards.

99.9% of the time that is a penalty in any league.

No it's not. Drunken fans don't just get to award penalties after the fact. It is clear that there was no penalty.

Yesterday I enjoyed reading about the Mexico fan at Azteca that chugged some beer, stuck his finger down his throat, and vomited back into his cup, which he then tossed at a US player. That's pretty classy stuff, ya know.

Pratt... back to Pratt... Pratt again... a long ball out to Pratt... and now Pratt is on the ball, a neat little flick back inside to Pratt, who takes it nicely and sends it through on the far side to Pratt, Pratt with it but passes instead to Pratt, Pratt again, oh and well intercepted by the swarthy little number nine, Concito ' Maracon. This twenty-one-year-old half back, remarkably stocky for 6' 3", square shouldered, balding giant, hair flowing in the wind, bright eyed, pert, young for his age but oh so old in so many ways. For a thirty-nine.year-old you wouldn't expect such speed. Normally considered slow, he's incredibly fast as he wanders aimlessly around, sweeping up and taking the defense to the cleaners. Who would have thought, though many expected it, that this remarkable forty-five-year-old, 9' 4" dwarf of a man, who is still only seventeen in some parts of the world, would ever really be ... Oh and there was a goal there apparently ... and now it's Pratt ... back to Pratt... Pratt again... a long ball to Pratt...